Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
THE BUSTARDS
Australian Bustard
Still smaller and slightly darker is the Australian Bustard (E. australis), which is the native Turkey of the Swan River colonists.
It is a fine-appearing bird,”and,”says Gould,”when seen at freedom slowly stalking over its native plains, no Australian bird, except the Emeu, is so majestic, or assumes in its carriage so great an air of independence."